Earthquakes

Earthquake Resources

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Haiti, January 12, 2010 USGS Haiti Earthquake Plate Tectonics of the Haiti Earthquake	Southern Quinghai, China April 13, 2010 USGS Quinghai Earthquake	Chile February 27, 2010 USGS Chile Earthquake Chile 2010 Earthquake - Wikipedia
Eastern Sichuan, China, May 12, 2008 USGS Eastern Sichuan China Earthquake East Sichuan Earthquake - Wikipedia	Pakistan, October 8, 2005 USGS Pakistan, October 8, 2005 Kashmir, Pakistan Earthquake - Wikipedia Dr. George Pararas -Carayannis - Pakistan Earthquake	Sumatra, Indonesia, December 26, 2004 USGS Sumatra, December 26, 2004 2004 Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami
Prince William Sound, Alaska, March 28, 1964 USGS Prince William Sound Alaska Earthquake Information Center	Northridge, California Earthquake, January 17, 1994 USGS Northridge Earthquake	Great San Francisco Earthquake, April 18, 1906 USGS Great San Francisco Earthquake Tectonics of San Andreas Fault (the cause) Plate Tectonics showing San Andreas Fault
Japan Earthquake March 2011 USGS Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan Plate Tectonics of Japan Good diagram of plate tectonics associated with Japan earthquake 2011 Japan Earthquake - Wikipedia	Christchurch Earthquake, New Zealand February 2011 USGS Christchurch New Zealand Tectonics of Christchurch Earthquake

Earthquake basics:
Types of Plate Tectonics Boundries
Divergent Plate Boundry with animated gif
Convergent Plate Boundaries with animated gifs
Transform Plate Boundaries with animated gif
Databases and Encyclopedias: Science Facts on File and Worldbook Online are excellent resources
USGS Earthquakes for Kids
Plate Tectonics Boundaries Map in Google Maps - identifies all the plate boundaries
What is an Earthquake?-Windows to the Universe
What is a geologic fault? - Windows to the Universe
Animations for Earthquakes terms and concepts
This Dynamic Planet: Plate Tectonics from USGS
Plate Tectonics Animations These can be linked to, but not directly embedded.